Śilpa is a Sanskrit word whose translation includes art, skill, craft, labor, ingenuity, rite and ritual, form and creation. Created during the pandemic, Śilpa digital catalogues are intended to directly connect consumers to karigars free of cost. Features karigars benefit from a wide digital dissmenation and often end up at retailers.

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‘Family Jewels: Indian Adornment Revealed’ is a commissioned initiative by Aurus Jewels to impart knowledge, both researched and crowd sourced, on the origins and oral histories of India’s precious jewellery. It recognises complexity and dynamic use, including those tribal, agrarian, trade based or royal in nature. View Indian Family Jewels here

This critically acclaimed digital anthology documents India’s regional sari drapes through short film. Focused on contemporary and future narratives, this free resource has been recognised as a leading catalyst towards shifting the urban perception of the sari drape. It has garnered strong public and institutional support including presence at the MoMA (NY) and inspiring much of the recent Design Museum (London) exhibition, ‘The Offbeat Sari’. Experience The Sari Series here